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Brad Smith, who has been vocal about Microsoft's opposition to government surveillance, has been appointed to Netflix's board of directors. The position could help build relationships between Microsoft's Xbox team and the internet's most popular video streaming service.

On Monday, March 30, nearly 300 people are expected to attend Mentoring Monday, an event where they'll be able to ask 42 of the region's top women executives for career advice. Here's a sneak peek at some of the mentors.

But it's a good tsunami, in that the waves of immunotherapy treatment are yielding better results than ever for cancer treatment, Hutch President Dr. D. Gary Gilliland said in a speech to the Rotary Club of Seattle this week.